gwalchmai Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kerbie18 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 A little Miata would be my choice. Only slightly better than a moped. Ouch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 19 hours ago, gwalchmai said: THAT is where to put the sign.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 I still don't have my truck back from the auto body shop. Took 5 weeks to get all the parts they thought they needed, then when they started doing the work, they discovered they needed a couple fender brackets, too - so that's another 8 days, while it's at the shop and I can't drive it. I am not enamored of getting up at 5AM to drive MrC to work, driving kid to work, pick up kid from work, pick up Mr.C from work at 5PM. All I have time to to do is drive people - ordinarily he'd take his car, the kid would take my truck, and I would spend the day working the farmette. Nothing is getting done on the farmette while this is going on. I'm going hunting tomorrow (opening day firearms season) and whacking a deer with my new rifle. Because I deserve a steak. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul53 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 It's tough being without but hope you'll find the patience. Moose through the windshield is a right of passage here in Maine. I've seen so many frightening repair jobs here, I swear most body shops only have welding torches for tools. I get a shiver down my spine when someone asked me to look at a car (at a dealer!) and first thing I saw was a front brake caliper welded to a frame member!!! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Shop around and buy yourself some good deer whistles, Carefully install them and go for a drive. You'll be safer from deer collisions because you want to see if your new deer whistles work so you'll be more likely to be watching for deer. That's all they do, they can't project sound in front of a speeding car. Garlic necklaces use the same principle for vampire protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 38 minutes ago, ChuteTheMall said: That's all they do, they can't project sound in front of a speeding car. Why not? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, gwalchmai said: Why not? Because they ain't loud like sirens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 3 hours ago, ChuteTheMall said: Because they ain't loud like sirens. But the (ultra) sound precedes the advancing car, whether we hear it or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M&P15T Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Drive like that at dusk or dawn, and you will hit a deer. I drive out in the country and mountains, deer country, early in the mornings. I keep it slow, or I keep my exhaust set to LOUD. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minderasr Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I wonder, can deer hear an EV coming? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 54 minutes ago, minderasr said: I wonder, can deer hear an EV coming? If it's on fire? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinTexas Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 On 11/15/2022 at 5:12 AM, ChuteTheMall said: Because they ain't loud like sirens. Even at that, a siren is a low speed warning device. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 10 minutes ago, LostinTexas said: Even at that, a siren is a low speed warning device. Hmmm, Do police cars in pursuit, with lights and siren hit deer? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 On 11/14/2022 at 8:57 AM, Paul53 said: It's tough being without but hope you'll find the patience. Moose through the windshield is a right of passage here in Maine. I've seen so many frightening repair jobs here, I swear most body shops only have welding torches for tools. I get a shiver down my spine when someone asked me to look at a car (at a dealer!) and first thing I saw was a front brake caliper welded to a frame member!!! I had an insurance rep tell me that if I didn't replace the bent lower A arm, the driver would never know it. He wanted to lower the cost of repairs. I told the driver what the insurance rep said and what a bent lower A arm affected safety. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 On 11/15/2022 at 4:29 AM, ChuteTheMall said: Shop around and buy yourself some good deer whistles, Carefully install them and go for a drive. You'll be safer from deer collisions because you want to see if your new deer whistles work so you'll be more likely to be watching for deer. That's all they do, they can't project sound in front of a speeding car. Garlic necklaces use the same principle for vampire protection. You can hear a train whistle before it gets to you, no matter the speed of the train. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 17 minutes ago, janice6 said: I had an insurance rep tell me that if I didn't replace the bent lower A arm, the driver would never know it. He wanted to lower the cost of repairs. I told the driver what the insurance rep said and what a bent lower A arm affected safety. Sounds as though that insurance rep attempted to commit fraud. Plus, in spite of his statement, putting the driver and his passengers and the general public at unnecessary risk. And this criminal behavior to save… how much money? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 56 minutes ago, janice6 said: You can hear a train whistle before it gets to you, no matter the speed of the train. Because it's real loud. Mucho decibels. Deafening and ear shattering. Loud enough to be heard far away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, ChuteTheMall said: Because it's real loud. Mucho decibels. Deafening and ear shattering. Loud enough to be heard far away. The reason you can hear the whistle is because of the sensitivity of your hearing. The sound is there whether you hear it or not. More sensitive hearing will detect the sound even though you don't. Because you don't hear it doesn't mean it isn't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, ChuteTheMall said: I don't believe in Deer whistles. For many reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, janice6 said: The reason you can hear the whistle is because of the sensitivity of your hearing. The sound is there whether you hear it or not. More sensitive hearing will detect the sound even though you don't. Because you don't hear it doesn't mean it isn't there. How far does this magic unamplified sound carry? I know my radio sounds louder when it's right next to me than it does when I'm across the yard. The same ammo is louder from a handgun than from a rifle, with it's muzzle less than two feet further away. An outdoor unamplified concert is louder in the front row than 50 yards from the stage, and 50 yards is a likely stopping distance for a car at 60 mph per NHTSA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 If a deer whistle hits a love-bug, does it still broadcast it's magic unhearable screech when it's clogged with bug guts? Or car wax? Or dirt or ice or snow? How would you know? Does buying and putting on a "I brake for animals" bumper-sticker make you more alert for animals? How do Deer Crossing signs work? Illiterate deer behavior or driver behavior? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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